Step 8: Almost Done

Step 9: Dragon*Con!!!

The party was awesome!!! Already got my tiocket for next year!!! I hope anyone that uses this build to their costumes get as lucky as I did. Everythi...

This is a "How To" on how to make a Mr Freeze costume. If you like my designs and workcheck out Night Terrors of Gotham I will start by telling you that this build can be cheap or expensive depending on the features you add to it. I did have to buy an acrylic dome from http://www.edee.com/Acrylic%20Hemispheres.htm for the build, but I would not suggest buying it first. You need to figure out how big your base will be, so your dome can fit in snug.

Step 1: The Materials

I went to Harbor Freight and bought floor foam mats, heat gun, dremmel, straps, hoses, connectors for the straps, blue jump suit, electrical tape, and duct tape. From Lowes I got a 5 gallon water jug, dome trashcan, plastic bucket, clear tubing, Velcro strips, PLASTI DIP, and paint. From Wal-Mart I got some poster board, mini hot glue gun with Mini glue sticks, blue transparent folder, scissors, exacto knife, face paint, and a drain strainer. Online I purchased from Amazon.com included 2 LED small flat click flashlights, 1 large flat wall light, 4 cans of fog with trigger holder, Darth Vader gloves, EL Wire (Blue), Bald cap, spirit gum and remover, and goggles (use your own preference for these, some people like Mad scientist, others like steam punk). Laying around the house, I had an old Android phone that I used to make a wrist display ( Not needed, but adds a nice touch to it), rain boots, and small bolts.

Before any painting, add Plasti Dip spray paint first. It helps with bending and paint. Your paint will not crack and will last longer if you add the Plasti Dip

Please use with caution! Some of these MATS are real hardware, and can be dangerous. Do not leave your glue gun plugged in because they are constantly heating up, and the heat gun has metal at the tip, and blows hot air in all directions , this will burn you if used wrong. Make sure you unplug everything when done using them.

Awesome Helmet. I'm going to be a Space Monkey this year and this helmet is pretty close to what I want to do. Can you tell me the size of this dome? Did you cut holes in the dome? If so, is this something your using a heat gun on to make more pliable? Also, what is the item that cradling the dome?

I used a 14 inch dome, and a trash can dome lid. The trick is to find a dome lid that fits. Once you have the lid flip it upside down and pop out the swinswinging door. I used a paint bucket for the base. Heat gun it up and add some cushion ( I used foam for padding) NO HOLES ON THE ACRYLIC!!! you'll bust the ACRYLIC if done wrong. Once you find the Trash can lid, measure to see the right size. If you need to secure it better, you can use hot glue to help keep it in place. I used a 14 inch diameter half dome.

Yeah, Its works well when you're not in mid day, and have a light shinning through it, hence the guns lights down the barrel. Im working on a way to deliver the fog better with a smaller gun, and Ill be upgrading the suit for next years (2015) D*C.

Hi there! Great costume!!! I'm floored by your attention to detail. COuld you post a link to where I could buy the LED light system attached to battery packs? I want to create a TRON costume using them.

Thanks, glad ya like it! here is the amazon site for the "EL Wire". Although the picture make it seem like they are really bright, they are not. they work good in low light, but not bright light. If you google EL Wire you can find some EL tape that might work a little better with the TRON style. If you're still having issues hit me up again and we can what we can find :) http://www.amazon.com/GrayBean-15ft-Glowing-Strobing-Electroluminescent/dp/B005EGWIBE/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1380894603&sr=8-10&keywords=EL+wire

Hi I found ur build and used your ideas best I cud. My costume was for the new year and went down a blast. I was a little disappointed how my helmet came out because I wasnt able to get ho;d of a clear dome but overall impressed. S o thankyou for your hard work. Hope you impressed with picture.

Thanks!!! Thats awesome!!! Always stoked to hear people are using this build!!! The helmet was the hardest part for me too. I had all kinds of ideas on how to make it work, but I couldn't do anything til I actually had that dome. I got extremely lucky that it fit perfectly with my measurements , and I just build the rest around that. I wasn't gonna mess with fate at that point, lol

Around 250 for everything, but I had to buy the tool to make it as well, so that added into that 250. Just the mats, I'd say about 150... El wire is $10 each, a light jump suit about $20, the dome was $40, and the foam was$10 for 5 pieces. The flashlights were $5 bucks each and a folder for .99 c. 5 gallon jug of water, $5 and then cheap-o-paint, dollar a can. Clear tubing was $5, and Velcro straps for $50. Runners fan off Amazon was about $10. That should be it.

I am so sorry for the late reply, I took it off of a Air soft gun I had laying around. Awesome eye!!! that is the exact gun I took it from. I believe I got it at wal-mart for about $10 a while ago... Thank you for using this as inspiration for your sons build!!! :)

That is fantastic!!!! Great Job on the rebuild!!! Awesome bane as well!!! Thank you so much for using my build style!!! I have always wanted to see a great Mr Freeze, and it just made my year, that someone else is spreading the build!!! thanks again!!!

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Bio:I love building Costumes. I am a huge comic book fan and I have been drawing comic superheroes for years. When I went to Dragon*Con for the first time, I saw how confortale people where about Cosplay ...read more »